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Monday, August 24, 2015

Lil' Miss may look like her mama, but she's a Daddy's girl at heart! So, when I saw the newest pattern, Daddy's Girl dress, designed by Cassie Massolia for Little Lizard King, I knew that I just had to sew it up!

Hubby has worn button down, dress shirts for the majority of his career. That means that in the 10+ years that we've been married, he's gone through quite a lot of shirts!! There was a period of time that he kept getting a hole in the same spot, on the elbow. Perfectly good, wearable shirts- but with a hole in an un-fixable place!! I've saved these shirt (Admit it, you've all seen those Pinterest upcycles using a man's dress shirt! ;-) but I've never quite gotten around to actually MAKING anything out of those old shirts...!

After consulting the sizing chart, I sewed up a size 6. I used an old men's dress shirt with a bit of chambray from my fabric stash for the shoulder straps and bodice lining. (Have I ever tell you how much I dislike lining up stripes...?)

I did modify the pattern slightly by lengthening my shoulder straps by a couple of inches (so that I could have the option of tying a neat bow, in addition to the tie instructions included in the pattern) and angling the shoulder straps ends. Since I used an existing button down shirt there was no hemming involved! Love.That! Seriously, this dress probably took me 30 mins to sew up! So simple, sweet!

The Daddy's Girl dress PDF sewing pattern could easily be sewn up by a beginner sewist. With it's very detailed directions on how to lay out the pattern (when using an existing dress shirt), everybody is sure to get a great result!